Nocton Fen

“The project at Nocton Fen could have delivered low cost, carbon free electricity in line with Government objectives to protect the consumer from high energy costs,” Davey continued. “Unfortunately, however, the project will not fit with the Government ...

The 20-turbine Nocton Fen Wind Energy Project was cancelled after a combination of local opposition and changes to renewable energy planning laws by the Conservative Government. The changes to planning regulations for wind farms means Nocton Fen ...

Graham Davey, Vattenfall's project manager for the Nocton Fen scheme, said: "It's obviously disappointing to stop development of Nocton Fen as it would have delivered significant benefit locally and generated affordable, clean and renewable energy for ...

Ministers announced in June that big wind farms such as Nocton Fen would no longer be dealt with by national planners as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, and decisions would instead be taken at local level in order to ensure communities ...

Graham Davey, project manager at Vattenfall, said: "It's obviously disappointing to stop development of Nocton Fen as it would have delivered significant benefit locally and generated affordable, clean and renewable energy for tens of thousands of ...

Until now, the Nocton Fen Wind Energy Project was part of a planning process – known as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning (NSIP) - designed to control development of strategically important energy infrastructure such as large onshore wind ...